Re: i would like to know....how many families here have multiple children with AS

[Guest guest]

We don't have a firm diagnosis of AS just yet but if that's what our DS's

final diagnosis winds up being both my cousin and I will have our eldest

boys dx with ADHD, OCD, ODD and AS.

~, proud mama of , beth and Braden

-- ( ) i would like to know....how many families here

have multiple children with AS

HI EVERYONE....MY NAME IS TRICIA. IT SEEMS REALLY WIERD BUT MY

YOUNGEST WAS JUST DIAGONOSED WITH PDD....WHILE MY OLDEST HAS

AS....LEANING MORE TOWARDS HFA.....AS THE DAYS GO ON....LOL. I GUESS

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU FEEL GENETICS PLAYED A PART IN

THIS..BECAUSE MY COUSIN HAS A SON WITH LOW FUNCIONING AUTISM....I

GUESS I JUST WONDER HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS.

[Guest guest]

Hi Tricia,

I'm a 27 yrs old woman diagnosed with Asperger's just 7 months ago. I

believe my father has Asperger's too but he refuses to be tested. My mom

also believes my dad has it. So I would say yes it's possible it's

genetic. ---Nikki Lynn

( ) i would like to know....how many families here

have multiple children with AS

HI EVERYONE....MY NAME IS TRICIA. IT SEEMS REALLY WIERD BUT MY

YOUNGEST WAS JUST DIAGONOSED WITH PDD....WHILE MY OLDEST HAS

AS....LEANING MORE TOWARDS HFA.....AS THE DAYS GO ON....LOL. I GUESS

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU FEEL GENETICS PLAYED A PART IN

THIS..BECAUSE MY COUSIN HAS A SON WITH LOW FUNCIONING AUTISM....I

GUESS I JUST WONDER HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS.

[Guest guest]

Hi Tricia!

My 6 yr old son is the only DIAGNOSED autistic in our family that we are

aware of, BUT my 1st, 3rd, and 4th sons have AS tendencies and the youngest acts

similar to the way the 6 yr old did at his age. My father definitely fits the AS

diagnosing criteria, as does my middle brother who my mother is constantly

telling me the the 6 yr old reminds her of. I have AS tendencies. My husband's

father fits within the AS diagnosing criteria and my husband is beginning to

wonder if that's not why his father can't hold down a job for long or keep a

relationship. My husband fits within the diagnosing criteria and as we're

learning how to deal with our son, he's also learning how to deal with himself.

We have been going through family trees and finding people on both sides that

fit within the criteria and now we understand why they acted the way they

did/do!! : ) Genetics definitely fits with our family!!

mother of /8/anxiety, GERD, asthma

/6/AS, anxiety, epilepsy, asthma

Hunter/4/NT, asthma

Dylan/1/NT, heart murmur

( ) i would like to know....how many families here

have multiple children with AS

HI EVERYONE....MY NAME IS TRICIA. IT SEEMS REALLY WIERD BUT MY

YOUNGEST WAS JUST DIAGONOSED WITH PDD....WHILE MY OLDEST HAS

AS....LEANING MORE TOWARDS HFA.....AS THE DAYS GO ON....LOL. I GUESS

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU FEEL GENETICS PLAYED A PART IN

THIS..BECAUSE MY COUSIN HAS A SON WITH LOW FUNCIONING AUTISM....I

GUESS I JUST WONDER HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS.

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[Guest guest]

I have my son with High Functioning Autism and an older son with

ADHD not two with autism though. I have heard that these two

disabilities are in the same family by one Dr. and was told the two

are completely different and totally opposite by another Dr. Funny

I think how you can get two totally different answers by two

different Drs.

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> We don't have a firm diagnosis of AS just yet but if that's what

our DS's

> final diagnosis winds up being both my cousin and I will have our

eldest

> boys dx with ADHD, OCD, ODD and AS.

>

> ~, proud mama of , beth and Braden

> -- ( ) i would like to know....how many

families here

> have multiple children with AS

>

> HI EVERYONE....MY NAME IS TRICIA. IT SEEMS REALLY WIERD BUT MY

> YOUNGEST WAS JUST DIAGONOSED WITH PDD....WHILE MY OLDEST HAS

> AS....LEANING MORE TOWARDS HFA.....AS THE DAYS GO ON....LOL. I

GUESS

> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU FEEL GENETICS PLAYED A PART IN

> THIS..BECAUSE MY COUSIN HAS A SON WITH LOW FUNCIONING AUTISM....I

> GUESS I JUST WONDER HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS.

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[Guest guest]

I have a son with adhd/bipolar and his daughter is AS. I was told that they were

in the same family. Also, any depressive disorder that was in the family

predisposes the autism.

Yes, it is so confusing how some Dr's will say one thing and some Dr's have

other ideas/opinions.

Tammie

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families here

> have multiple children with AS

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> HI EVERYONE....MY NAME IS TRICIA. IT SEEMS REALLY WIERD BUT MY

> YOUNGEST WAS JUST DIAGONOSED WITH PDD....WHILE MY OLDEST HAS

> AS....LEANING MORE TOWARDS HFA.....AS THE DAYS GO ON....LOL. I

GUESS

> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU FEEL GENETICS PLAYED A PART IN

> THIS..BECAUSE MY COUSIN HAS A SON WITH LOW FUNCIONING AUTISM....I

> GUESS I JUST WONDER HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS.

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[Guest guest]

I was also told that AS can stem from other mood disorders in your family. I

have bi-polar and so do a few others in my family. My doctor also said that any

kind of drug problems workaholics alcoholics ect. Anything that is considered

mental illness can trigger AS in your children's genes. My kids never had a hope

of escaping lol

( ) i would like to know....how many

families here

> have multiple children with AS

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> HI EVERYONE....MY NAME IS TRICIA. IT SEEMS REALLY WIERD BUT MY

> YOUNGEST WAS JUST DIAGONOSED WITH PDD....WHILE MY OLDEST HAS

> AS....LEANING MORE TOWARDS HFA.....AS THE DAYS GO ON....LOL. I

GUESS

> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU FEEL GENETICS PLAYED A PART IN

> THIS..BECAUSE MY COUSIN HAS A SON WITH LOW FUNCIONING AUTISM....I

> GUESS I JUST WONDER HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS.

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[Guest guest]

Hi!

I've wondered, too...my son has PDD/HFA, and his

cousin has low-functioning autism. Genetic?

- A

--- tricia <babytish1977@...> wrote:

> HI EVERYONE....MY NAME IS TRICIA. IT SEEMS REALLY

> WIERD BUT MY

> YOUNGEST WAS JUST DIAGONOSED WITH PDD....WHILE MY

> OLDEST HAS

> AS....LEANING MORE TOWARDS HFA.....AS THE DAYS GO

> ON....LOL. I GUESS

> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU FEEL GENETICS PLAYED A

> PART IN

> THIS..BECAUSE MY COUSIN HAS A SON WITH LOW

> FUNCIONING AUTISM....I

> GUESS I JUST WONDER HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME

> SITUATIONS.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

HI!!

Good question!! My 6 yr has AS and Sensory Dysfunction. My 9yr old is

going to be evaluated for Sensory Dysfunction.(Definitely has it

though. He has to squeeze things and those stress balls to not work,

he needs full body squeezing) My hubby has self-dx AS. I have been dx

with clinical depression. My mom was bi-polar. So I quess we are just

a dysFUNctional family.

I have read that at one point they felt AS was genetically link to the

father. In my situation-my two (DH and DS) are the same. My DS is more

outgoing than my DH. But his mom just thought he was a bad kid and

gave up.

Cori

mom to ph 9, Left Clubfoot

and to 6, AS and SI Dysfunction

[Guest guest]

Yes, genetics can play a part in this. Lots of us have older

relatives with AS or AS-like traits. Stick around and you'll see. I'm

convinced that my son's grandfather has these traits, for example.

Welcome to the group! Liz

On Jul 21, 2006, at 5:25 PM, tricia wrote:

> HI EVERYONE....MY NAME IS TRICIA. IT SEEMS REALLY WIERD BUT MY

> YOUNGEST WAS JUST DIAGONOSED WITH PDD....WHILE MY OLDEST HAS

> AS....LEANING MORE TOWARDS HFA.....AS THE DAYS GO ON....LOL. I GUESS

> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU FEEL GENETICS PLAYED A PART IN

> THIS..BECAUSE MY COUSIN HAS A SON WITH LOW FUNCIONING AUTISM....I

> GUESS I JUST WONDER HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME SITUATIONS.

[Guest guest]

HI all. I also think there is a genetic link. My twin boys (18) have AS

and now with hindsight I can say that their father definately had

aspects of AS as well. So did his father. But they were not so affected

that they couldn't fit in when necessary. But both father and

grandfather had hmmm, unusual social styles... ;-)

Paddyo